Comprehensible input · English

Comprehensible input in English

5,210 videos from 45 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

5,210
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45
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3,265 h
of material
987
made for learners

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The number on each thumbnail is its difficulty score out of 100: mostly speaking pace, partly vocabulary load. How it is measured →

57/10034:57Why People Think the FBI Killed MLKB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumJohnny Harris57/10018:11300 Years of Classical Music in 18 Minutes | Joshua Bell | TEDB1-B2 · ~6,000 words · fastTED57/10030:54AUTOEssentials: Science of Stress, Testosterone, Aggression & Motivation | Dr. Robert SapolskyC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumAndrew Huberman57/1001:11:11Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel, Palestine, Power, Corruption, Hate, and Peace | Lex Fridman Podcast #389B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman57/1002:07:04Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication | Lex Fridman Podcast #380B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumLex Fridman57/1001:50:48AUTONo. 1 Sugar Expert: You've Been Sold A Lie About "Healthy" Food!B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumThe Diary Of A CEO57/10018:52AUTOTouring the Mill That Nobody Can Keep Up WithB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumEssential Craftsman57/10014:31Understand FAST English Conversations [Advanced Listening Lesson]B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa57/1002:07:49Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Da Vinci & Ben Franklin | Lex Fridman Podcast #395B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman57/10024:4615 Important *Real* English Vocabulary PhrasesB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa57/1006:15Living with debt ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastBBC Learning English57/1001:13:39Did Life Come From An Asteroid? With Harold Connolly Jr.B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumStarTalk57/10044:18Tsunami: Breaking News (Full Episode) | Tsunami: Race Against Time | National GeographicB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastNational Geographic57/1002:16:47AUTODr. Martha Beck (Oprah's Life Coach): This Weird Trick Reduces Anxiety & Fixed My Childhood Trauma!B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO57/10014:49I'll teach YOU American English! ❤️B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastRachel's English57/10026:22Rural Juror?! (Your Questions Answered)┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the GoB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastRachel's English57/1005:37What staying up all night does to your brain - Anna RothschildC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumTED-Ed57/1005:05Why are there so many different kinds of dogs? - Kathleen Morrill PirovichC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed57/1005:00Are there any places on Earth with no bugs? - Charles WallaceC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed57/1008:52Gordon Ramsay Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastWIRED57/10013:45Why Did These Ancient People Abandon Copper?C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumSciShow57/10023:22AUTOPenélope Cruz Laughs With Abandon While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastFirst We Feast57/10054:44How Do We Get To Andromeda? | Cosmic Queries #111B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumStarTalk57/10012:53AUTOTrump Blamed for World Cup Loss, Tiffany Haddish Loves Hot Soccer Players & Gets Emails from PrisonB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live

Which English channel to start with

Ranked by median difficulty, easiest first. The bar is a range, not a label — a channel typically spans a wide stretch of the scale, so one level would be false for its own hardest videos.

#ChannelLevel range (0–100)MedianTypical bandPaceVideosHours
1Easy English64831B1-B2medium13837 h
2English with Lucy88141B1-B2medium15049 h
3Learn English with Papa Teach Me107142B1-B2medium10620 h
4Rachel's English58849B1-B2medium14068 h
5BBC Learning English07554B2-C2medium19130 h
6Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17485 h
7Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 h

6 of these 7 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 0 to 88. That gap is pace: what separates the easiest of these channels from the hardest is how fast people talk, not which words they use. How that is measured →

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